Buckle.



PAT'ENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

A. KNZLER.

BUCKLE.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG.12, 1907.

ALBERT KNZLER, OF CONSTANCE, GERMANY.

Application august l2, i967.

E i, a. ALBERT runsnsa, TV w -7 V- Y Y miiperor, reslning at :teil Duchyet lieden, new ami ne. ,he in vention is in Whieh K ei the huelile andllig. 'tudmal seetien thereof. 3 illusi seetien the buckle and strap inep- 13a-we position.

The hueldarairie a has e. erossJoar for the permanent attachment et oneend of the strap t. The two longer bars of 'the ici-ame have grooves e,iri'whieli two hars d and e acre slide/ble but not rotatable., Theseoars d and e are eonneeted to each other by two hingeplates f and g anda rectangular linl t, formme' a toggle-joint. The teggle-jointand bars dand eeen beeonjointly displaced in the frame, and the said hars can alsohe thrust apart or moved toward eaeh other by actuating thetoggle-feint. For fastening" the strap the toggle-joint is extended, andfor uniestening it the joint is ileXed.

il/'hen 'the three members y, haudf are extended there is between theend-bars of the Lettere Patent.

Serial 111D. 353%,2'T5' ZPetentecl Aug. 1S, 1908.

'frame end the bars ci and e only sufficient for the tight passage etthe strap. lilien the joint lis flexed?, thestrap can easily peesthrough the spaces 'm end if. For fastening the strap, pressure wert-edon the bulging' part if thereof, and th. e end of the strap is hy, 'thismeans pushed through the space n, but at the same time the toggle-jointis extended, and when the imuekle of the joint has been pushed throughraine the strap is firmly gripped at 'm and '11.. For unfastening thestraps the teggle-joint is flexed hy pressing' the knuckle eu'twards. Tofurther diminish the risk of aeeidental slipping, the surfaces of theshort hinge-joint f and trame a may be ribbed, spiked or made rough atthe part Where ythe strap is gripped Vbetween thesaid hinge-joint andframe.

l/Vhat l. claim as my invention anddesire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States is :i

A tongueless buckle comprising` in combination a frame, twoindependently slirlable bars movable to and from the ends of the frameand a toggle-joint eonneeting'said hars ALBERT KNZLER.

l'Vitnesses 1 Vix'ioii BAUR., Jos. II, LEUTE.

as showniii Fig. 2,'

and adapted by its extensionl to thrust them.

